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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 801 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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URN (
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Lat. urna, either from root of urere, to burn, being made of burnt clay, or connected with urceus, Gr. I5pxa,
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jar)
  , a vessel or vase, particularly one with an oviform
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body and a
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foot . The
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Roman
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term urna was used primarily of a
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jar for carrying or
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drawing
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water, but was also specifically applied to the vessel in which the voting-tablets (tabellae) and lots (sortes) were cast, whence its figurative use for the urn of
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fate from which are
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drawn the varying lots of man's destiny . The ashes of the cremated dead were deposited in cinerary urns, a custom perpetuated by the marble or other urns placed upon funeral monuments . The Roman urna was also a liquid measure containing
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half an amphora, or about 31 gallons .
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Modern usage has given the name to large
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silver or copper vessels containing tea or coffee with a tap for drawing off the liquids and heated either by a spirit lamp or, as in the older forms, by the insertion of a hot iron in a
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special receptacle placed in the body of the vessel .

End of Article: URN (Lat. urna, either from root of urere, to burn, being made of burnt clay, or connected with urceus, Gr. I5pxa, jar)
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